[aklug] Re: Anybody have a spare VT machine?

On 01/08/13 15:30, Greg Madden wrote:
> On Monday 07 January 2013 11:44:56 you wrote:
>> On 01/07/13 11:34, Lee Brumbaugh wrote:
>>> I'm looking at starting to study for the RHCSA/E and it looks like
>>> it delves into KVM's. From what I understand the
>>> hardware/processor needs to be an AMD "Bulldozer" or an Intel
>>> "Sandy Bridge" which is an i3 or higher machine. I currently don't
>>> have enough hardware to support the testing environment that it
>>> looks like I'd need. So I'm hoping I could acquire something along
>>> those lines from the group here.
>>>
>>> So I was wondering if anyone had any spare machine they weren't
>>> using that has VT in it for sale or trade. I have an original OLPC
>>> up for grabs that is collecting some dust that I can part with.
>>>
>>>
>>> Lee Brumbaugh
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>> Unless something has changed with KVM I think all you need is the
>> Intel VT extensions in place, they were introduced 7 years ago:
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86_virtualization#Intel_virtualization
>> _.28VT-x.29 I remember working with KVM on a VT enabled system about 5
>> years ago, so unless you have some really old hardware, or you just
>> got unlucky and kept purchasing non VT chips, you can probably work
>> with KVM.
>>
>> Also note that sometimes you have to go into the BIOS to enable VT on
>> systems.
>>
>> -Erinn
>
>
> I bought a new laptop recently, I had to specify a VT enabled cpu, Intel
> i5. It seems the default configuration from many vendors , for Intel
> cpus , is without VT support.
>
> Wndows7 on a new box has an XP mode option, which is XP running in a
> vm, this option will get a VT cpu.
>

That is pretty crazy they are still pumping out chips without VT on
them, or at least disabled. In the world where I work, enterprise, I
can't find systems without VT on them, though I haven't looked all that
hard.

-Erinn

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